Discover Sankt Martin im Sulmtal

Sankt Martin im Sulmtal combines culture, local history, archaeological discoveries and Styrian culinary experiences. There are also paths through woodland and meadow landscapes, an outdoor swimming pool and the Sulmtal cycle path. If you are looking for a holiday apartment, you can plan your stay around whether exhibitions and historic buildings, outdoor activities, regional specialities or shared family time are the main focus of your trip.

Culture at the Greith-Haus and the parish church

The Greith-Haus is an important cultural venue. It hosts exhibitions, concerts and readings as well as film and theatre performances. The building has room for 400 visitors, offering a broad range of opportunities for anyone wishing to combine their stay with culture. Depending on your interests, you can explore visual art, literature, music or the performing arts.

The parish church of Sankt Martin im Sulmtal also offers notable historical details. The building is a simple Baroque church; only a few remains of the Gothic church have survived. At the centre of the late Baroque high altar is a painting of Saint Martin by Carl Laubmann from 1745. Anyone interested in ecclesiastical art and regional architectural history will find a tangible insight here into the development of the town.

Paths between landscape and local history

The Greith paths combine orientation with special places to stop and linger. The trail guidance system designed by Anne and Peter Knoll leads visitors along the correct “Greith Path”. Stone benches and “landscape sofas” made from boulders of various sizes from Röthelstein, connected in a bridge-like manner with wooden planks, give the route a distinctive character. The legends trail, in turn, connects stories with the places where they originated and with local history.

For cyclists, the Sulmtal cycle path runs through the municipality of Sankt Martin im Sulmtal. Anyone wishing to get to know the area by bike can include this connection in their personal travel plans. The archaeological paths offer another way to combine exercise and discovery. Along Archaeological Path 2 between the villages, archaeological sites are situated amid an attractive woodland and meadow landscape.

Discover archaeological traces

Further archaeological sites can be found along Archaeological Path 1. On a hill, the still-visible ramparts of a former fortification have been preserved. Their historical function belongs to the past, while the surviving traces now provide a tangible introduction to archaeology. In Otternitz, a reconstructed burial mound shows the interior structure of such a burial site and how the dead were bid farewell. These stations are particularly suitable for travellers who want not only to admire the landscape but also to connect it with past ways of life.

Styrian culinary delights and a day at the outdoor pool

The regional character of Sankt Martin im Sulmtal also includes the Lorenz pumpkin seed oil mill. Visitors can taste genuine Styrian pumpkin seed oil and pumpkin seed oil products there. By appointment, the pumpkin seed oil mill also demonstrates the process from seed to oil. This allows the flavour of Styrian pumpkin seed oil to be combined with an insight into its production.

Krauss Distillery offers whisky, rum, vermouth, fine spirits and gin, with gin being a particular focus. For families with young children, Martinhof outdoor pool is another option for a day out: it is an outdoor swimming pool suitable for families with young children.

The right accommodation for your travel plans

When looking for a holiday apartment in Sankt Martin im Sulmtal, it is worth first deciding on the focus you want for your trip. Visitors interested in culture can include the Greith-Haus and parish church in their plans, while cyclists can take the Sulmtal cycle path into account. For a stay focused more strongly on the landscape and history, the archaeological paths, the burial mound in Otternitz and the ramparts offer specific themes. Anyone wishing to discover regional specialities can make a note of the Lorenz pumpkin seed oil mill or the offerings of Krauss Distillery. Families with young children can also include Martinhof outdoor pool. This turns the choice of accommodation into a decision about the desired character of the trip, without requiring every day to follow the same routine.

Other places at this level

If you would like to broaden your search, you can find further places at the same level here: Dörfla, Trahütten, Kothvogel, Freidorf An Der Laßnitz, Trog, Sankt Peter Im Sulmtal, Groß Sankt Florian and Stainz.

To the higher-level travel overview: Deutschlandsberg.